clumping
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clumping
- present participle and gerund of clump
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clumping (plural clumpings)
- A clump or cluster.
- 2006, Patrizia Ferretti, Andrew Copp, Cheryll Tickle, Embryos, Genes and Birth Defects:
- BMP-2 and BMP-4 also induce the expression of the neurotrophin receptor, TrkC, in cultured crest-derived cells and induce the cells to coalesce into ganglion-like clumpings.
- The sound of walking with heavy footfalls.
- 1916, Nash Buckingham, De Shootinest Gent'man:
- Heavy backstair clumpings announce huge Ab, my negro paddler.